The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1901
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
8:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.70° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.59° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.